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Charles Pettit

" Charles Pettit was born in New Jersey in 1737. He was a sensible lawyer and opposed to the usurpations of the hirelings of mother Britain although himself secretary of his native province when the revolutionary storm commenced its pitiless peltings. Congress made him a deputy quartermaster under General Greene in conjunction with Colonel Coxe. They performed the perplexing and arduous duties of that responsible office whilst General Greene was in the field to the entire satisfaction of Washington, the Army and Congress, and a high encomium upon their perseverance and activity when we reflect upon their limited means to perform a mighty work. At the close of the Revolution he removed to Philadelphia and became a successful merchant. He was a member of Congress from Pennsylvania under the old Confederation, and a member of the State Convention that sanctioned the Federal Constitution and in every public station which he was called to fill he performed his duty with the strictest integrity and great industry. His private virtues rendered him dear to every good man. He was president of the first insurance company incorporated in Philadelphia. He died at his residence on the 6th of September 1806."

Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson